Overview
- In early November, Argentina’s criminal chamber removed presiding judge Julieta Makintach and issued a lifetime ban after ruling her role in a planned documentary showed improper conduct.
- Proceedings that began in March and have been paused since May are scheduled to resume in March in San Isidro before a new panel of judges.
- Seven defendants — including Maradona’s psychiatrist, doctors and nursing staff — face intentional homicide charges that carry potential prison terms of roughly eight to 25 years.
- Dalma and Gianinna Maradona have publicly called for Makintach’s immediate arrest following her disqualification.
- Supporters plan demonstrations in central Buenos Aires on the fifth anniversary, rallying under the demand for “justice for God.”